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esshgee's review
1.0
Gary Crew, I'm disappointed in you...this was utter rubbish...and you're capable of so much more
lunaseassecondaccount's review
3.0
The truth about Emma?
Well, the truth about Emma is that I don't like her very much. She's manipulative, a little naive, despite the fact she won't admit it, and she's spoilt. I couldn't like her. I wanted to, I really did, but she came off as being presumptuous and acts as though she's more mature than she really is. And the worst thing is, the narrator knows this and it's pointed out to him on numerous occasions, but he stills lets himself get won over.
I was hoping this book would be set when all this was taking place, or perhaps even over a series of police interviews. Unfortunately, this was set three/fours years after all of it happened, and Emma has faded into obscurity and she's being interviewed for a magazine article. I think it could have, would have been so much better being done in the setting of how I thought it was going to play out.
Furthermore, the ending- the last two pages specifically- made me want to find Gary Crew and slap him and punch him and ask him just what was he on when he wrote it. What the hell was that? My god. Gag me with a spoon.
I'm not a big fan of YA Teen novels. I wish I was, and if I was, I think I would have enjoyed this a lot more. Really, I would rate this a 2/5, but I reviewed this as the target audience, and so I edged it up to a 3/5. If you're a fan of the YA niche, you'll probably find it a lot better to read than I did, jaded as I am.
Well, the truth about Emma is that I don't like her very much. She's manipulative, a little naive, despite the fact she won't admit it, and she's spoilt. I couldn't like her. I wanted to, I really did, but she came off as being presumptuous and acts as though she's more mature than she really is. And the worst thing is, the narrator knows this and it's pointed out to him on numerous occasions, but he stills lets himself get won over.
I was hoping this book would be set when all this was taking place, or perhaps even over a series of police interviews. Unfortunately, this was set three/fours years after all of it happened, and Emma has faded into obscurity and she's being interviewed for a magazine article. I think it could have, would have been so much better being done in the setting of how I thought it was going to play out.
Furthermore, the ending- the last two pages specifically- made me want to find Gary Crew and slap him and punch him and ask him just what was he on when he wrote it. What the hell was that? My god. Gag me with a spoon.
I'm not a big fan of YA Teen novels. I wish I was, and if I was, I think I would have enjoyed this a lot more. Really, I would rate this a 2/5, but I reviewed this as the target audience, and so I edged it up to a 3/5. If you're a fan of the YA niche, you'll probably find it a lot better to read than I did, jaded as I am.
inthelunaseas's review
3.0
The truth about Emma?
Well, the truth about Emma is that I don't like her very much. She's manipulative, a little naive, despite the fact she won't admit it, and she's spoilt. I couldn't like her. I wanted to, I really did, but she came off as being presumptuous and acts as though she's more mature than she really is. And the worst thing is, the narrator knows this and it's pointed out to him on numerous occasions, but he stills lets himself get won over.
I was hoping this book would be set when all this was taking place, or perhaps even over a series of police interviews. Unfortunately, this was set three/fours years after all of it happened, and Emma has faded into obscurity and she's being interviewed for a magazine article. I think it could have, would have been so much better being done in the setting of how I thought it was going to play out.
Furthermore, the ending- the last two pages specifically- made me want to find Gary Crew and slap him and punch him and ask him just what was he on when he wrote it. What the hell was that? My god. Gag me with a spoon.
I'm not a big fan of YA Teen novels. I wish I was, and if I was, I think I would have enjoyed this a lot more. Really, I would rate this a 2/5, but I reviewed this as the target audience, and so I edged it up to a 3/5. If you're a fan of the YA niche, you'll probably find it a lot better to read than I did, jaded as I am.
Well, the truth about Emma is that I don't like her very much. She's manipulative, a little naive, despite the fact she won't admit it, and she's spoilt. I couldn't like her. I wanted to, I really did, but she came off as being presumptuous and acts as though she's more mature than she really is. And the worst thing is, the narrator knows this and it's pointed out to him on numerous occasions, but he stills lets himself get won over.
I was hoping this book would be set when all this was taking place, or perhaps even over a series of police interviews. Unfortunately, this was set three/fours years after all of it happened, and Emma has faded into obscurity and she's being interviewed for a magazine article. I think it could have, would have been so much better being done in the setting of how I thought it was going to play out.
Furthermore, the ending- the last two pages specifically- made me want to find Gary Crew and slap him and punch him and ask him just what was he on when he wrote it. What the hell was that? My god. Gag me with a spoon.
I'm not a big fan of YA Teen novels. I wish I was, and if I was, I think I would have enjoyed this a lot more. Really, I would rate this a 2/5, but I reviewed this as the target audience, and so I edged it up to a 3/5. If you're a fan of the YA niche, you'll probably find it a lot better to read than I did, jaded as I am.
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